Mar 28, 2018 02:00AM
Window-Like Solar Cells Could Power 40 Percent of U.S. Needs Solar energy is now the cheapest form of new energy in dozens of countries, with record-setting solar farms being built worldwide. Research
Just 100 Companies Emit Most Global Emissions In July 2017, historic new research from environmental nonprofit CDP, in collaboration with the Climate Accountability Institute, revealed in The Carbon M
Mobile Trashpresso Turns Trash into Tiles uk furniture and design company Pentatonic has invented the Trashpresso, a solar-powered, mini-recycling plant that transforms plastic waste into usable archi
Energy Users Control Own Supplies Some municipalities spend between 20 and 40 percent of their annual budgets on the energy needed to operate wastewater treatment plants. The city of Thousand Oaks, Ca
Caterpillars Offer Clues to Plastic Cleanup Waxworms, a type of caterpillar, are vexing to beekeepers because they devour the wax that bees use to build honeycombs. It turns out that they can do the s
U.S. Waste Paper Turned Away Companies that recycle cardboard boxes were overwhelmed after record-breaking holiday shopping online. The u.S. Postal Service estimated it delivered 10 percent more packa
Tropical Forests Releasing Excess Carbon A study published in the journal Science found that forests across Asia, Latin America and Africa release 468 tons of carbon per year, equivalent to nearly 10
Mar 01, 2018 02:00AM
Brits Cutting Back on Meat Eating In 2015, the World Health Organization labeled bacon, sausage, hot dogs and other processed meats with the same carcinogenic label as for cigarettes. According to the
Uncontrolled Lice Threaten Fish Industry A surge in parasitic sea lice that attach themselves to and feed on salmon, killing or rendering them unsuitable for dinner tables, is disrupting salmon farms
Sweet Potato Project Encourages Enterprise The Sweet Potato Project, started by journalist Sylvester Brown, Jr., will work in partnership with St. Louis University and a small cadre of local non-profi
Marine Algae Could Nourish Growing World Population According to the United Nations, more than 800 million people today are regularly undernourished. By 2050, a rise of another 3 billion in global pop
Floating Farm Helps Power UK Needs Hywind, the first floating wind farm in the UK, is located 15 miles offshore of Peterhead, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its five turbines with a 30-megawatt capacity
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